CAROLE FREEMAN
Carole Freeman is an American and Canadian contemporary artist best known for intensely rendered portraits and narratives of cultural, social, political, and personal significance. She treats the subjects of her pictures with a distinctive intimacy, whether they are celebrities, artists, newsworthy figures, family, friends, or strangers.
Freeman works from both life and varied source material like found and personal photographs, film stills, mass media images, or famous historical paintings. Her paintings, powerfully produced with gestural brushstrokes, are processed through close observation and an instinctual understanding of the time in which she lives.
Freeman currently lives and works in Toronto, Canada.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Unsung, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY.
2016 Something About Winnipeg, Gurevich Fine Art, Winnipeg, Canada.
Selections 2012-2016, Walnut Contemporary, Toronto, Canada.
2011 Portraits of Facebook, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
Doing the Docs, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Toronto International Film Festival Headquarters, Toronto, Canada.
2010 If the Paparazzi Could Paint (Part II), Hyatt Regency Hotel, International Film Festival Official Headquarters, Toronto, Canada.
If the Paparazzi Could Paint (Part I), Rebecca Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS ART FAIRS
2018 Satellite Art Show, Curatious, Miami, FL.
Boston International Fine Art Show, Brenda Taylor Gallery, Boston, MA.
Art New York, Cynthia Corbett Gallery, New York, NY.
2017 Young Masters, Cynthia Corbett Gallery, London, UK.
Art +, Van Der Plas Gallery, New York, NY.
2015 ArtToronto, Gurevich Fine Art, Toronto, Canada.
2014 ArtToronto, Gurevich Fine Art, Toronto, Canada.
Classical Values: Modern and Contemporary Drawing, Leslie Sacks Fine Art, Los Angeles, California.
Women's Art, Gurevich Fine Art, Winnipeg, Canada.
2013 Women's Art Now, Leslie Sacks Fine Art, Los Angeles, California.
2012 Art Takes Times Square, New York, New York.
COMMISSIONS
2018 Portrait Commission, The Glass House, New Canaan, CT.
2016-18 Three paintings for Collection Jerry Saltz (Senior Art Critic, New York Magazine) and Roberta Smith (Senior Art
Critic, NY Times), New York, NY.
2014 Twins Series, Private Collection, Toronto, Canada.
2012 Portrait of Leslie Sacks published in African Art from the Leslie Sacks Collection, Skira.
2010-11 Nine Drawings of Man Friday, commissioned by Blue Leaf Gallery for Lord and Lady Glentorran, Dublin, Ireland.
Portraits of Norman Jewison, David Mirvish, and Ucal Powell, Harold Green Theatre Company, Toronto, Canada.
Four Paintings of Bert, Private Collection, Toronto, Canada.
Portrait of Jeremy Chilnick, Commissioned by Morgan Spurlock, New York, NY.
TALKS
2018 Brown University, Visiting Artist Lecture, Providence, RI, November 7, 2018.
2012 Canadian Arts Summit, Guest Panelist, Making Art in the Age of New Media, moderated by Janet Carding,
Director Royal Ontario Museum, Banff Centre, Canada.
Portrait Painting Party, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
GRANTS AWARDS RESIDENCIES
1990 University of Toronto, Visual Art Award, Faculty of Education, Toronto, Canada.
1982 Canada Council, Project Cost Grant, Montreal, Canada.
1980 La Cite Internationale des Arts, Four Month Residency, Paris, France.
1979 Royal College of Art, Travel Award, Italy.
1978 Canada Council, Project Cost Grant, London, England.
COLLECTIONS
Art Bank, Ottawa, Canada. Continental Oil Company, London, UK. Royal College of Art, London, UK., University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. York University, Toronto, Canada, Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP, Winnipeg, Canada.
Private Collections: UK, Canada, Italy, Ireland, Australia, USA including Guy and Nora Barron Collection, Jerry Saltz and Roberta Smith Collection, Morgan Spurlock, Leslie Sacks Estate, Stefan Olsson (Stena Sphere), Brian Levitt (Chair, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / TD Bank Financial Group), and Lord and Lady Glentoran Collection.
PRESS
The Brown Daily Herald
Visiting artist aims to show 'ray of hope' in paintings. Jango McCormick, November 12, 2018.
New York Magazine
To Do: April 18–May 2, 2018. Jerry Saltz, April 15, 2018.
The Guardian
Unsung heroes: portraits of figures who deserve artistic recognition. Nadja Sayej, March 16, 2018.
Wall Street International
Carole Freeman, 17 Mar — 22 Apr 2018 at Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York. March 28, 2018.
Artnet News
Editors' Picks: 14 Things to See in New York This Week. Sarah Cascone, March 12, 2018.
Editors' Picks: 14 Things to See in New York This Week. Sarah Cascone, April 16, 2018.
Winnipeg Free Press
Painting the Faces of Winnipeg. Alison Gilmore, October 31, 2016.
Canadian Art
Must-Sees This Week: November 3 to 9, 2016. November 3, 2016.
Artoronto
Carole Freeman's Selections 2012-2016 at Walnut Contemporary. David Saric, August, 2016.
Arabella
Surprise Appearances. Gary Michael Dault, Summer Issue, 2016.
Globe and Mail
Carole Freeman Finds Her Muse on Facebook. James Adams, 2 December 2011.
Carole Freeman's Facebook Friends. December 2, 2011.
The National Post
Portraits from Pokes. 1 December 2011.
Celebrity Apprentice. 9 September 2010.
Berkshire Fine Arts
Friend Me: Portraits and Projects, Carole Freeman. 22 January 2012.
Canadian Jewish News
Getting Friended With a Paintbrush. 15 December 2011.
Akimbo Art and Tech
Carole Freeman Unplugged. James Fowler, April 10, 2012.
Otino Corsano
Global Paint Party. 5 January 2012.
ArtStars
Carole Freeman. Nadja Sayej, 2 December 2011.
The Star Blogs
Pretty As a Picture. 15 September 2011.
Radio
Friend Me at The Edward Day Gallery. Here and Now, CBC Radio, 1 December 2011.
EDUCATION
1991 Bachelor of Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
1980 Master of Arts, Royal College of Art, School of Painting, London, England.
1977 Bachelor of Fine Arts Honors (Dean's Honors List), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.